Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota: Authorship and Writing Histories

China Room by Sunjeev Sahota is the story of Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, and that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its china room locked and barred. To celebrate its publication and being longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, in this episode, Ted Hodgkinson talks to Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota about China Room, authorship, writing histories, and more. You can find out more about China Room by Sunjeev Sahota here: You can find out more about Kamila Shamsie's books here:

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Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota: Authorship and Writing Histories is an episode from VINTAGE Podcast by Vintage Books UK.

This episode is 40:50 long.

This episode was published on Sep 5, 2021.

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